Online Class Notes (Jesse)

I’ve got upper respiratory infection on my way to the office, and my sinuses felt horrible. During my driving, I was at the wheel and I used my side mirrors to have a shoulder check when I wanted to change lanes. When I arrived at the office, even though I wanted to lay low, my temperature surged to 37 Celsius degree, and I was forced to do a swab test to make sure I’m not caught covid. Even though the result turned out ok, I was like a bull in a china shop when I was at the hospital as I felt it was not fair to force me to do a swab test when I was only 37 celcius degree. Finally, I started working, I’m not an all -rounder worker and I excel at persistency. When I’m faced with challenges, and I will feel depressed but I have the courage to dust myself off and try again.I would like to introduce myself a bit, I was born and raised in ZZ, and I was young,dumb and boke till I turned to 27.I like noise cancellation headsets and surround sound speakers.To make a impropriate analogy, if I were a dog, noise cancellation headsets are the shit. Sometime i’m forgetful, and l I forget my head if it isn’t screwed on. Recently I retook the personality test, and I found out that I become more and more restrictive. Plus I like a lot of dishes from mom with the best one being the noodles.

I noticed I had an upper respiratory infection on my way to the office, and my sinuses felt horrible. While I was driving, and at the wheel, I checked my side mirrors, rear view, and then did a shoulder check when I wanted to change lanes. When I arrived at the office, even though I wanted to lay low, my temperature surged to 37 degrees (Celsius), and I was forced to do a swab test to make sure I hadn’t caught covid. Even though the result turned out ok, I was like a bull in a china shop when I was at the hospital as I felt it was not fair to force me to do a swab test when I was only 37 degrees celcius. Finally, I started working, but I’m not an all -rounder worker and I excel at persistence / at being persistent. When I’m faced with challenges, and I will feel depressed but I have the courage to dust myself off and try again. I would like to introduce myself a bit, I was born and raised in ZZ, and I have been young, dumb and broke till I turned to 26. I like noise cancellation headsets and surround sound speakers. To make a inappropriate analogy, if I were a dog, noise cancellation headsets would be the shit. Sometime i’m forgetful, and I would forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on. Recently I retook the personality test, and I found out that I have become more and more restrictive. Plus I like a lot of the dishes that my mum cooks with the best one being the noodles.

Pronunciation

respiratory – RES pri tor ree 

Vocabulary

it went away – you recovered from it
eg. the sickness went away really quickly

hibernate – animals sleeping for winter
eg. i feel like I need to hibernate

house arrest – to be forced to stay at home by the gov / police
eg. he is under house arrest

resurfaced – to come back into public view / spotlight
eg. Jack recently resurfaced after being gone for a few months

philanthropy – the process of giving money / helping people in need
eg. Jack is very philanthropic (fil lan THROP pick) / he is known for his philanthropy (fil LAN throp pee)

crackdown – to put sth under scrutiny / to look into sth to possibly punish
eg. the police are cracking down on it

whereabouts – location
eg. I don’t know his whereabouts!
eg2. Whereabouts do you want to meet for dinner?

blasted – to get angry and tell sb off
eg. they blasted Jack for being bad

pawn shop – 2nd hand shop
eg. I went to a pawn shop to sell my mum’s jewellry because I needed drugs

shelved – to decide not to do sth / to postpone it / to give up on it
eg. I shelved the idea because it wasn’t feasible

sprawling – big and covering many areas
eg. Shanghai is a sprawling city, full of people

overhaul – redesign / rearrange / reorganise / totally change
eg. I want to overhaul the SE system and make some massive changes to the way we do things.